We’ve been inspired by the innovative ways in which councils are using our products - below are some examples, and we'll hear from the people using our products who explain how they meet the needs of their users.

Ian Maddison explains how user research has informed the approach and technical decisions in the GOV.UK Pay beta. He also gives an update on the public API, how they're making integration straightforward, and security.

The government notifications platform will be called GOV.UK Notify. This post explains what the platform will offer service teams in departments and agencies, and how developers will be able to get easy access to the platform to integrate GOV.UK Notify into their services.

About Government as a Platform

This blog is about our work with departments and agencies to build common components that can be shared and reused to make it easy for service teams across government to design, assemble and build services.